Archive for July, 2006

Pro Shing Construction win contract for Venetian Macao

"Pro Shing is very excited to have the opportunity to provide construction services to such a high profile casino project in Macau," said Bondy Tan, President and Chief Executive Officer of Global Innovative. "We formed the Pro Shing joint venture in order to offer major development projects in Macau a comprehensive range of design and build services that meet many

Macau Badminton Open Final Chong Wei defeated by Lin Dan

Malaysia's world number one Lee Chong Wei staged a great fight but it was not good enough to get the better of China's Lin Dan in the men's singles final of the US$120,000 Macau Open badminton championships at the Tap Seac Multisport Pavilion yesterday. In the women's final Holland's Judith Meulendijiks finally won her first Open title with

Macau received over 10 million visitors up 16.8%

The Statistics and Census Bureau revealed that the visitors figrues, at 10,422,480, was an increase of 16.8% over the same period of last year. Full article about Macau Visitors Technorati Tags: macau, tourism, travel

Portuguese school has new relocation

The Macao Daily News reported that the original location, at the opposite of A-Ma Temple where the Goddess of Ma Zu is dedicated to, does not meet the tradition of the religion, in which the temple must face the sea. Full article about Macau Portuguese School Technorati Tags: school, macau, a-ma temple, macau portuguese school

Macau Badminton Open Semi finals

The Macau Badminton Open 2006 is into the semi-finals stage now with some very good badminton so far. Perhaps the biggest surprise of the tournament so far is the phenomenal results from the Netherlands’ Judith Meulendijks in the women’s singles. Full update about Macau Badminton Open Technorati Tags: badminton open, macau

Grand Emperor Hotel Macau profit up 34.2%

Emperor International Holdings Limited and Emperor Entertainment Hotel Limited announced their final results for the 12 months ended March 31 2006. Highlights Emperor International Holdings Limited -- Profit rose 34.2% from last year to HK$532.4 million -- All business segments recorded growth or turnaround -- Final dividend of 5.1 HK cents (Total Dividend of 10.1 HK cents) -- To distribute special

Stanley Ho buys Varig

VarigLog, the former subsidiary of troubled Brazilian national carrier Varig, has bought the bankrupt airline at auction for US$ 24 million. At the end of last year, Varig sold is maintenance arm, VEM, and cargo division, VarigLog, to Aero-Lb and Volo do Brasil, respectively.Aero-LB is a firm created by the Straus investment fund of Brazil and

Gaming boom: it’s now Macau vs Singapore

But of all the centers being developed, analysts are predicting Macau to be the most successful. It has the benefit of having a long-standing reputation as a gambling mecca, albeit one that has been tainted by mob involvement. Till recently, the victim of monopolistic control by Stanley Ho, one of Hong Kong and Macau’s major tycoons,

Macau Sands Chairman cashing in!

In March, 2006, Las Vegas Sands' (LVS) Chairman Sheldon Adelson took a big pile of chips off the table. Using a secondary stock offering, he sold 55 million shares of the company for $50.25 each, reducing his stake in the hotel and casino group to just under 71%, from 84%. Investors, however, seem unfazed, as

After Hong Kong, Macau is busiest port of entry into China

Among the 204 overseas countries and regions that outbound visitors reached, Hong Kong was the most popular destination, followed by Macau, Japan, South Korea, Russia, the United States, Malaysia, Singapore, Mongolia and Thailand. Full article here China Macau Frontiers Technorati Tags: china, macau, hong kong, frontiers, travel